Assad protects Christians. In Iraq, Tariq Aziz, Saddam’s Foreign Minister, was catholic. Name one other middle eastern country where a Christian could rise to that level of government.
True that. And an argument could be made that Gaddafi (Libya) was mostly tolerant of Christians. And Lebanon was until recently. So there are a few recent examples. A few.
In the majority Christian and Jewish nations, religious tolerance is the norm, not the exception.